126th Annual Meeting Of The American Surgical Association

Author : American Surgical Association
Publisher : General Books
ISBN 13 : 9781458986702
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Meeting of the American Surgical Association written by American Surgical Association and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE GROSS STATUE. History Of The Statue. At the annual meeting of the American Surgical Association in 1891 President C. H. Mastin, in his annual address, recommended that a committee from the Association be appointed to confer with the friends and admirers of Dr. Gross, and with the medical profession of the whole country, to determine the best method to be adopted to secure the requisite amount for the erection of a monument either of marble or of bronze. The Committee on the President's Address recommended that the President be empowered to appoint a committee to carry out his suggestions as to the erection of a suitable monument to commemorate the distinguished services of the founder of the Association, Prof. Samuel D. Gross, the Association concurring in the report. The President appointed a committee of twenty-six, with Dr. J. R. Weist, Chairman, and Dr. C. H. Mastin, Secretary. The committee immediately issued circulars addressed to the profession of the whole country, soliciting funds for the prosecution of the work assigned it. At the meeting of the Association in 1892 a partial report was made, and the committee continued. At the meeting in 1893 a Ml report of the work of the committee was made. In the report it was stated that a proposition had been made by the Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, to unite with the committee in raising the funds necessary to complete the monument. By a resolution of the Association the committee was continued, its work already done indorsed, and authority given to prosecute the work in such a manner as it deemed best for the success of the enterprise. Under the authority given, the proposition of the Alumni Association of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, was accepted, and Dr. ...